But it involves a lot dragons. Toussaint will play Lord Corlys Velaryon, a powerful lord of House Velaryon a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen and the most notorious nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros with the world's largest navy. Mizuno, meanwhile, will play Mysaria, a woman who arrived in Westeros with nothing, but rose through the ranks to become the most trusted ally of Prince Daemon Targaryen, the heir to the throne. The two Targaryen royals play key roles in the climactic Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war that takes up a large chunk of George R.
Expect to see these characters play major roles in the events of House of the Dragon, and given their lasting presence in the book, it's likely we'll see them across several seasons. Though, as Game of Thrones proved, TV series aren't always per cent faithful to their source work.
Interestingly, young versions of two of these characters have been cast — Milly Alcock has joined the lineup as a younger version of Rhaenyra Targaryen, while Emily Carey will be the young Alicent Hightower.
Cooke has spoken a little about the series, saying there will not be any gratuitous violence against women, which Thrones was accused of on multiple occasions. Viserys is chosen by the Lords of Westeros to succeed the Iron Throne and apparently wants to innocently carry on his grandfather's legacy. However, as the original series showed us, good men don't always make good leaders. We expect even more silver-haired dragonriders to take the reign as casting details continue opening up in the presumably near future.
The beginning of House of the Dragon will date back to roughly years before the events of Game of Thrones. That might seem like a while back, but it's actually much more recent history than the canceled Naomi Watts prequel, which was set to take place "thousands of years" before Game of Thrones and explore the early history of ancient houses as well as the origin of the White Walkers.
Considering Westerosi societies were very much thriving, and turbulent as ever, during the timeline containing House of the Dragon, expect to see political interworkings akin to Game of Thrones explored in the prequel series. Whereas the canceled prequel would've more likely focused primarily on fantasy elements, House of the Dragon is based on a book very much centered around ancestral hierarchies, warring nations, and a massive civil war.
That should equate to a prequel series more tonally similar to Game of Thrones, a show as much about dragons as the dark underbellies of society and the ruling class. For the uninitiated, House Targaryen is very much affiliated with dragons, going all the way back to Aegon the Conqueror's fire-breathing conquest over the seven kingdoms where House of the Dragon picks up.
Since that book has been out for about two years, we have a pretty good idea of what we can expect to see from House of the Dragon's plot. The book picks up with Aegon's Conquest, which marked the very beginning of a new world order, the establishment of King's Landing as the world capital, and the physical formation of the Iron Throne. Together with the help of his twin sisters, Rhaenys and Visenya not to mention their three dragons , Aegon Targaryen I successfully subdued six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros, whether by conquest or their voluntary submission.
The only kingdom to prevail unconquered was Dorne, which Rhaenys left unharmed after finding its castles abandoned and only women and children occupying its seat. From there follows a turbulent run of Targaryen kings and queens; good, evil, and everywhere in between; leading up to the great civil war between Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra over their father Viserys I's throne.
That long struggle endured for two years, through which several large-scale battles were fought until both Aegon II and Rhaenya died mysterious and grizzly respective deaths. The resulting power void fell to the young Aegon III to occupy, which resulted in the death of "the last dragon. The gap between the end of Fire and Blood and the beginning of Game of Thrones hasn't been written about in depth, but Martin has said he plans on writing Fire and Blood part 2 when he's finished the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Game of Thrones followed the books closely and with little deviation for the first four seasons, after which substantial changes to the characters and plot were made at least partly due to the source work not being finished at the time.
For those reasons, it's hard to tell how faithfully House of the Dragon will tell the stories from Fire and Blood. With Martin at the helm and Fire and Blood published in its entirety, it's a good bet the show and book will align quite nicely. While not giving anything away about the plot, HBO content chief Casey Bloys has said the series "looks spectacular," adding: "The cast that Miguel [Sapochnik] and Ryan [Condal] have put together looks good. Finally, The Hobbit actor Graham McTavish confirmed to Stylist that he's part of the cast for the show, after he was reportedly spotted on-set.
Who he's playing, though, remains a mystery, since he hasn't been officially added to the cast by HBO yet. The actor's clearly in an epic fantasy place right now, seeing as he's also got a role in The Witcher season 2.
We'll update this cast list as we learn more about who's participating in this enormous show. The new Game of Thrones prequel series focuses on House Targaryen, so expect ambition, incest and, of course, winged, fire-breathing reptiles. George RR Martin confirmed the latter on his blog , admitting, "I can say there will be dragons.
Everyone else has said that, so why not me? As mentioned, the new show is based on Martin's book Fire and Blood, which managed to annoy a section of the fanbase by not being The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire saga — it's been 10 years since the previous instalment, A Dance With Dragons, landed in bookstores. Instead, the book is a history of the dragon-riding Targaryen family — the author himself has described it as the "GRRMarillion", a nod to the dense JRR Tolkien non-novel that recounts the pre-Lord of the Rings history of Middle-earth.
In terms of chronology, House of the Dragon will be set years before Game of Thrones. The series promises to tell the story of House Targaryen — but nothing else has been shared about the plot, other than what we've learned in the character descriptions above.
Still, we can speculate. There's likely to be plenty of familial in-fighting — the Targaryens were dysfunctional long before Viserys and Daenerys came along — alongside origin stories of other major Westerosi houses like the Baratheons, Tyrells and Lannisters.
In other words, House of the Dragon looks set to have the same mix of epic battles, political intrigue and betrayals as Game of Thrones, with one major difference — this being a prequel, we know exactly where it's heading. Condal will write the show and share showrunning duties with Miguel Sapochnik. Sapochnik directed some of Game of Thrones most epic episodes — including season 6's 'Battle of the Bastards' and season 8's 'The Long Night' — and will helm multiple episodes of House of the Dragon, including the pilot.
We got our first official look at House of the Dragon via the show's debut teaser trailer, which dropped in October. You can watch it below. The other prequel series looked set to be massive. One of five potential spin-off shows ordered into development by HBO, a show set 8, years before the events of Game of Thrones looked the most likely to get a greenlight.
HBO even shot a pilot episode over the summer of All looked promising until October , when it turned out HBO had decided not to pick up the show. So what gave the broadcaster the fear? One of the things about House of Dragons [sic], there is a text, there is a book so that made it a little bit more of a road map for a series order. As for whether House of the Dragon will eventually be joined on HBO by more shows set on Westeros, Bloys simply said: "For me for right now, I think getting House of the Dragon on the air will be the number one priority.
There are no other blinking green lights or anything like that. Sometime down the road who knows, but there are no immediate plans. Patel Meet the Patels , The Witcher will also direct the series. Greg Yaitanes Banshee , House is director and co-executive producer.
Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen. Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower. She was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen.
She is of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything…but she was not born a man. Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen. The younger brother of King Viserys and heir to the throne, Daemon is a peerless warrior and a dragonrider who possesses the true blood of the dragon.
But it is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air…. He built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world. Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon. A dragonrider and wife to Lord Corlys Velaryon, "The Queen Who Never Was" was passed over as heir to the throne at the Great Council because the realm favored her cousin, Viserys, simply for being male.
Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower , the Hand of the King, who loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm.
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